Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose?.

Ring, Daniel F.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ489751

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Has the American Public Library Lost Its Purpose?

Ring, Daniel F.; And Others

Public Libraries, v33 n4 p191-96 Jul-Aug 1994

Discusses the mission of public libraries in light of the decision to purchase Madonna's book "Sex." Three viewpoints are presented: a critic of selection policies that are too broad in the name of intellectual freedom; the director of a small public library with a limited budget; and a library historian. (Contains 18 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Library Directors, Library Expenditures, Library History, Library Material Selection, Library Policy, Library Role, Public Libraries

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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